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Peter Brooks

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Peter Brooks is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University. He is formerly Professor in the Department of English and School of Law at the University of Virginia. Brooks is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work cuts across French and English literature, Law, and psychiatry.

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“Everything is possible but you must find your own way. So, if you look at my work and think, 'Ah there is an example, I will start by what he's done', you are bound to go wrong. Because the work that I do today is the result of all the work that I've done through trial and error, in changing times.”

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“I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you go and look into one cauldron and you look into the other and you see what's coming to the boil.”

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“An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?”

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“Good taste ruled every detail, ... When the curtain rose, we were drawn out of the everyday world into a world of grace and beauty where charming people with not-too-intense feelings played out unreal situations that never reflected the crude realities of life.”

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“There are some ... programs that are so sensitive that distribution of information should be very limited. It's vital to our national security. But I also believe there should be some oversight.”

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“I don't think we should turn a blind eye to these important issues just because we are dealing with the nuclear issue.”

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“Bush's reaction was unfortunate. I think both sides have now dug in their heels. I think consultation and communication is where we need to go now, and lowering the political rhetoric.”

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“But the other thing is the question are you willing to take the first punch, and how big a punch would that be ...? Could it be an explosion of a nuclear or dirty bomb or the use of chemical or biological weapons, and are you willing to live with that. That is the challenge for policy makers and it is no small challenge.”

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“Chinese policies are endangering U.S. goals by supporting African dictatorships, hindering economic development, and exacerbating conflicts and human rights abuses in troubled countries such as Sudan and Zimbabwe.”

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“We live immersed in narrative, recounting and reassessing the meaning of our past actions, anticipating the outcome of our future projects, situating ourselves at the intersection of several stories not yet completed.”

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